Where does “-kinde” come from?

-kinde (Middle English) comes from Middle English -kin, from Old English cynn, from Proto-West Germanic *kuni, from Proto-Germanic kunją, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁yom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

Ancestry of “-kinde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle English-kinsmall
2Old Englishcynnkind; tribe, race, species; family
3Proto-West Germanic*kunifamily, kin
4Proto-Germanickunjąkin, family, clan; omen, portent, miracle
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁yom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “-kinde”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁yom →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunją →